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9781586857028

Essence and Alchemy

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    9781586857028

  • ISBN10:

    1586857029

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-09-01
  • Publisher: Gibbs Smith
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Summary

Renowned perfumer Mandy Aftel explores the primal nature and fundamental importance of aroma in everyday life, teaching people about the nature of smell and the idea of "olfactory consciousness" in Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume.

Author Biography

Mandy Aftel is the founder of Aftelier Perfumes

Table of Contents

Introduction 3(8)
Chapter 1 The Spirit of the Alchemist: A Natural History of Perfume 11(37)
Chapter 2 Prima Materia: Perfume Basics 48(22)
Chapter 3 The Calculus of Fixation: Base Notes 70(29)
Chapter 4 Aromatic Stanzas: Heart Notes 99(19)
Chapter 5 The Sublime and the Volatile: Head Notes 118(14)
Chapter 6 An Octave of Odors: The Art of Composition 132(25)
Chapter 7 Flacon de Seduction: Perfume and the Boudoir 157(18)
Chapter 8 Perfumed Waters: The Reverie of the Bath 175(10)
Chapter 9 Aromatics of the Gods: Perfume and the Soul 185(14)
Supplies for the Beginning Perfumer 199(8)
Notes 207(8)
Bibliography 215(14)
Acknowledgments 229(2)
Index 231

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Excerpts

Perfume--the heady and elusive marriage of the essences of herbs and spices, wild grassess and flowers, bark and animal and tree--is an engine of the universe. From earliest times, people have taken pleasure in rubbing fragrant substances into their skin. Timeless and universal, scent has been a powerful force in ritual, medicine, myth, and conquest. Perfume has helped people to pray; to heal, to make love and war, to prepare for death, to create. To inspire, after all, is literally "to breathe in."

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